Foot-guard for rails.



T. s. PARTIN. FOOT GUARD FOB RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1913.

1,068,161 Patented July 22, 1913.

3mm T- s-Pem-rm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS SAMUEL PARTIN, OF J UNCTIQN, ARIZONA.

FOOT-GUARD r02, RAILS.

Application filed April -16 To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, THOMAS SAMUEL Pan- TIN, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Junction, in the count State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in F (mt( luards for Rails, of which the following is a speci fication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention compreheuds certain new and useful improvements in foot guards to be employed at railway. switch points and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a foot guard of this character which will be of extremely simple construction and may be readily applied to till the space betweeip the main rail or switch rail and the guard rail, thereby making itpractically impossible for a persons foot to become caught between said rails.

Another object is to provide a guard rail of this character which may be formed of rwilient sheet metal or other suitable mattfilinl and will be of extremely simple construction and highly etticient in use.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of emistruction, combination and arrange menls of parts to be hereinafter more fully des ribeth claimed and illustrated in the.

accom ianviu drawing in which, 1 h L Figure l is a longitudinal section through my invention in use. said new also sh wing 5 the tie in'scction and one of the rails in clevation: Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the tie with .the rails and guard plate in cross-section, a portion of the plate being shown in elevation; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the rails and tie with my guard plate positioned between the rails.

.ltel'erring more specifically to the draw ing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the main or htu'izontal portion of my improved foot guard which has one end bent downwardly, as shown at 2 for engagementupon the base of the rails, it being understood that the horizontal portion 1 rests above the tie and between the main rail 4 and the guard rail 5.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' of Yavapai and Eaten-ted July 22,1913.

, 1913. Serial a0. 761,549.-

I One longitudinal edge of. the main or horiz-ontal portion 1 of the plate is extended and l bent upon. itself for engagement over the l guard rail 5, as shown at 6 and against the i opposite or outer face of the web portion of l shown at 7, then extended the base of the rail, as provided with suitable v the guard rail as j downwardly over 5 shown at 8 and I notches 9 to accommodate the spikes 10 by I ineansof which the guard rail 5 is secured I 111 pOSltlOIl upon the tie 3, It will be understood that the portion 6 engaged over the top of the guard rail 5 conforms in shape to the shape of the upper portion of t1' .,guard rail and the spikes 10 will serve to prevent l longitudinal movement of the foot guard upon the guard rail 5 and will securely hold J said foot guard in position'wlth its main or horizontal portion'l between the guard rail l 5 and the main fail 4, thereby eliminating l all danger of a persons foot becoming i caught between the main rail and guard rail l at this point, f It will be apparent that this footguard 1 I may be readily applied at switch points or other suitable points along the track and l owing to the extremely simple construction l ot the guard formed of one piece of resilient lsheet metal or other suitable material, the toot guard will be extremely cheap to manulfacture and when applied, will be highly i ellicient as well as durable in use.

lVhile l have shown the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that it i desired, minor changes in the details of coni' struction may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention. Unit I claim is:-- i A foot guard coni 'irising a horizontal poi: ltio-n, a downwardly directed porti n-connected with one edge of the horizontal portion, a turned portion connected with a second edge of the horizontal portion and adapted for engagement over a rail while the horizontal and downwardly directed portions are adapted for engagement between said rail and a second rail spaced from the first rail. and a downwardly and outwardly directed port-ion connecting \\'lll1 j the turned portion and adapted for engagel l i 1 I l l ment against the outer face and base of the first rail, said downwardly and outwardly directed portion bein provided with notches for accommodating the spikes employed for securing the first rail upon its tie, whereby PAQVGH'IQ-Ht of the foot guard Will be prevented.

THOMAS SAMUEL PARTIN.

Witnesses:

M. E. SWIGER, F. L. IVIILLER.

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Washington, D. C. 

